| 单词 | to cock down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cock down 1. transitive. Building and Joinery. To secure the end of (a beam) into a wall plate (wall-plate n. 1) or other supporting timber by means of a mortise and tenon, rebate, or dovetail joint. Also with to, upon, or into, specifying the wall plate or supporting timber. Frequently in to cock down. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > constructing or working with wood > build or construct with wood [verb (transitive)] > join > with specific joint or method mortisea1450 culver-tail1616 scarf1627 tenon1652 dovetail1657 cock1663 shoot?1677 knee1711 indent1741 mitre1753 halve1804 box1815 tongue1823 sypher1841 cog1858 butt joint1859 jag1894 lap-join1968 1663 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders 43 To see the Carpenters to cock the main Beams into the Lentals, to hold the wall the better. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 30 The Beam is cauked down [which is the same as Dove-tailing a Cross] till the Cheeks of the Mortices in the Beam conjoyn with those of the Teazle Tennon on the Posts. 1719 R. Rawlinson Hist. & Antiq. Cathedral-Church of Salisbury 17 The Joynt must be five or six Foot long, and let the Beams be cocked down upon the Wall-Plates. 1797 P. Nicholson Carpenter & Joiner's Assistant 5 (caption) C, a girder cocked down to the wall plate, g. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. 966 It is fixed at right angles with another piece, called the angle tie, which is supported by each returning wall-plate, on which it is cocked down. 1848 Encycl. Useful Arts 253/2 The operation of forming such a joint has been called cocking, and the piece of timber in the state of tension is said to be cocked upon the other. < as lemmas |
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